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Filed under: In The News, Bullying
On Jan. 14, 2010, teenager Phoebe Prince hung herself in her home, and, soon after her death, details of the bullying and harassment she faced at school began to unravel.
Six alleged bullies faced felony charges in their hometown of Hadley, Mass.
Court reports indicate Prince was called a "whore" and that one bully suggested she kill herself, "Today" reports.
Today, more than a year later, two of the teens, Sean Mulveyhill and Kayla Narey, plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal harassment. They were sentenced to one year probation and 100 hours of community service. It is likely the others charged will strike similar deals to avoid jail time.
Narey rose in court to read an emotional apology addressed to Prince in which she apologized for her unkindness, and for laughing when others tormented the girl. She also apologized to the Prince family for the suffering they have endured.
Prince's mom agreed to the deal to avoid a trial. "Today" reports there was not a dry eye in the room as she addressed her daughter's bullies for the first time in court, reflecting on the pain of saying goodbye to her daughter.
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5-05-2011 @ 5:39PM
Tion said...Probation? Is this little girl going to reappear when their probation is up?, they ruined her life and inevitably led her to kill herself for that they should just be thrown into jail for life. They're not worth anything to society. Let their parents fell the loss eventhough it won't be the same to lose a child. They do not mean any of those words and are scripted by their damn attorneys to cry and show regret. They would do it all over again if given a chance. This country needs to slap some serious penalties against "bullying"because its grown way out of control. I don't care if people say "oh bullying is just natural" you are an idiot to ever say such a thing. Hurting someones feelings once is one thing but bullying them into a point where they take their lives SHOULD BE a criminal offence.
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5-05-2011 @ 5:36PM
wrl said...The parents have a lot to do with it. You learn values and morals at home. The parents played a role in this . How can a parent not be aware their daughter is a cun#
They all should do time. Tis is the only justice
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5-05-2011 @ 5:43PM
Miako said...What they should say is IN ADDITION to that crappy sentence if they are found guilty of participating in any other form of bullying again they will be thrown in jail for 10 years,have their pathetic lives broadcast on a network specifically for those who they bullied to enjoy their misery and they have to clean all the toilets in the prison cells for their sentencing period.
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5-05-2011 @ 5:45PM
rtm said...WHERE DO THESE YOUNG GIRLS LEARN TO HAVE SO MUCH HATE??? FROM THE PARENTS. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A BITCH FOR A DAUGHTER AND NOT BE AWARE. I HOLD THE PARENTS AS PARTIALLY RESPONSABLE. THESE LITTLE CUN#S DESERVE JAIL TIME AND TO BE BRANDED FOR LIFT WITH A C COR CUN# BURNED INTO THEIR FACE. PARENT'S DON'T TAKE THE TIME TEY SHOULD. I SEE THIS WITH MY CHILDRENS FRIENDS. tHEY LOVE TO EAT OVER AT OUR HOUSE BECAUSE WE ARE THERE. THEY AREN'T BEING FED BUY A MAID OR HOUSEKEEPER LIKE AT THEIR OWN HOME. SPOILED CLASSLESS PARENTS PRODUCE SPOILED CLASSLESS CHILDREN LACKING HEART AND MORALS. I LIVE IN ROSLYN NY, THE HOME OF SPOILED ENTITLED BRATS.
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5-05-2011 @ 5:46PM
carl said...hay christib I raiseid 4 great kids and I am a combat vet, how many kids have you raised? and what have you ever done for this country except run your mouth!! so you know what you can do!
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5-05-2011 @ 5:51PM
NICK said...I agree, I live in Great Neck NY and the parents and children are out of control. Money but no class. Arrogent spoiled and classless. Rude beond means and so entitled. I closed my very successful store and moved it to Manhasset. A totally diferent class of people. Not rude and demanding. it is like night and day. Parents are responsable for a minors actions. These girls are crying because they got caught. None of them are sorry. They should be reminded of their hate on a daily basis.
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5-05-2011 @ 5:55PM
paul said...they should have gotten a much stiffer punishment
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5-05-2011 @ 6:46PM
Angiebaby said...My condolences to the family of Phoebe Price. However, I disagree with these criminal proceedings. I find this growing trend in blaming someone else for a person's suicide frightening. Bullying is part of growing up, and I am disappointed to see kids teasing one another being elevated to criminal actions.
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5-05-2011 @ 7:01PM
Stevie Ray said...they should just give this girls daddy or mom a baseball bat and put these punks in the same room. that would be justice
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5-07-2011 @ 11:22PM
iguanaalina said...I too was bullied in my neighborhood by three members of the same family.I stood up to them trying to make it one on one but the two brothers beat me up and their sister along with them..the brothers held me while the sister who was very tall and looked like a grown woman. hit me..well I seen her at the high school the next day while walking down the hall.and she laughed in my face.I said to her she was nothing without her brothers and I beat the living daylights out of her one on one.as it should have been all along.well she never bothered me again and her brothers were ignoring me in the hall ways.word got around what had happened and I felt so proud of myself.my brothers taught me how to fight so that I can stick up for myself and it worked.I recommend teaching your children at any age to take self defense classes and to stick up for themself if you can't talk yourself out of the conflict.my heart goes out to the mother.I do agree with the others there should have been more of a severe punishment for the bullies.if my child did that to someone.your damn straight he had better be punished for it.and the news media will get wind of the punishment to show other bullies to think before they touch.
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5-06-2011 @ 9:48AM
jojo said...Much, Much Too Little, TOO Late, for what these Subhumans did to this girl! They have their life to live and only God knows, what they are going to have to face. Maybe Phoebe Prince, will HAUNT them!
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5-05-2011 @ 7:21PM
blondfie said...justice hasen't been served the poor girl is dead they are living and on probation there all trash and scanks and bastards they deserve more then that DIRTY TRASH
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5-05-2011 @ 7:22PM
blondfie said...they should never be able to be on face book again and they should be watched
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5-05-2011 @ 7:21PM
Rachael said...I'm sure they're all so sorry now that the bullies are faced with jail time & loss of they're freedom now, like Phoebe has. Lame, lame, LAME!!! I'm so sorry Phoebe; my condolences to the poor Prince family who lost their baby needlessly.
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5-05-2011 @ 8:03PM
JEB BUCKINGHAM said...That blonde white trash and her little scumbag friends should have been publicly flogged, and THEN put in prison for a few years! All they got was a slap on the wrist.
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5-05-2011 @ 8:13PM
Kelly McCarthy said...Phoebe Prince's bulliers got off way too easy. Probation and community service are just a joke to bullies, a sentence that most of them will serve and laugh off as a punishment for getting caught. As for Phoebe's survivors, they will have a lot of mean retribution to look forward to from the bullies and their friends, anything from telephone harassment to used sanitary pads and tampons on their front lawn. I know, because I am being bullied to, by store clerks and so-called neighbors on the South Side of Chicago.
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5-05-2011 @ 8:45PM
Jerry said...Not even a slap on the wrist.Hard to find a judge with any guts anymore.
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5-05-2011 @ 8:42PM
Diane said...How sad. Just shows how this country's legal system is changing. These animals are responsible for a young beautiful girls life and a years probation is all they get. This liberal judge should be recalled. Too sad for the family and I feel so sorry for them. The parents of the bullies hopefully cannot breed anymore idiots like these.
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5-05-2011 @ 10:03PM
Surfette72 said...Seriously glgl?? These children should have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, in my opinion. For God's sake, wake up!
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5-05-2011 @ 10:29PM
Peter said...the judge should be given jail time for that injustice
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